Category: 3. Middle East

By Timour Azhari

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Western diplomats were passing near Syria’s defence ministry in Damascus in an armoured convoy when Israel struck the building with several missiles on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the…

New details about last month’s Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 people, have emerged this week, shifting focus onto the actions of the senior pilot during the last moments before the plane crashed.

According to a report…

Arsenal completed the signing of the Canadian star from Liverpool for a record transfer fee for a women’s footballer.

Canada forward Olivia Smith has signed for Arsenal in a world record fee believed to be $1.34m.

Arsenal signed Smith from…

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas Party announced the resignation of its ministers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Wednesday, escalating tensions over the compulsory military draft for Haredi…

By Steven Scheer

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will raise defence spending by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) in 2025 and 2026, the finance and defence ministries said on Thursday, citing the country’s security challenges.

The budget agreement…

Four years after his last fight ended in a disappointing loss, the legendary Manny Pacquiao is back in the ring and challenging for another world title.

The 46-year-old will face WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on Saturday – but…

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes on Damascus are hampering Syria’s efforts to find and destroy chemical weapons stockpiled during the rule of toppled ruler Bashar al-Assad, a government adviser said on Thursday.

A planned visit by…

The US envoy to the UN urged UN Security Council members Wednesday to support the work of the US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Anadolu reports.

“Unfortunately, today we have heard many Council…

ROME (Reuters) -Pope Leo said on Thursday he hopes to travel to Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian Church summit, in what would be the first foreign trip of his papacy.

The early centuries of Christianity were…

The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, said Wednesday that its fighters recently targeted Israeli troops and military vehicles in the eastern and southern Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

The group reported…